Oriole and Tower-Light, 1922-1927, Part 67

Author: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.)
Publication date: 1922-1927
Publisher: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.)
Number of Pages: 1024

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What do you think my third de-

cision was? A business career! I had two years of commercial work in my first two years at High School. By this time, however, I had lost my speed in typewriting and shorthand. I should go to Business College to regain my speed. I enrolled, and attended exactly six days. I got along very well here, but I felt that

even this was not

the medium through which I could best express myself. Like a flash the thought of teaching came to me!

The president of the Business Col- lege tried to persuade me not to leave. He saw I was determined,

Now that I am a student at the Maryland State Normal School I feel that I am preparing to do the work for which I am best fitted. I like the atmosphere of the school room, and feel that it is there I can best do my work. I wish to

be instru-

mental in laying the foundation of education for the little tots who will be the men and women of to- morrow. To know that I will be able to start little children in the path of knowledge and thinking is something. I am especially inter- ested in little children, so I shall take the Kindergarten - Primary Course.

I have had a hard time deciding what I wanted to do. From a con- glomeration of ideas I have weeded out the ones I felt were not suited to me. I am satisfied at last. I am a student at the Maryland State Nor- mal School.

ROSE L. KORNBLATT,

Junior VII

"I'm glad Billy had sense to marry a settled old maid," said Grandma Winkum at the wedding. "Gals is hity tity, and widders is kinder overrulin' and upsettin.' Old maids is kinder thankful and willin' to please.". . (1896 ). -St. John's Collegian.

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THE ORIOLE

PUBLISHED MONTHLY

BY THE STUDENTS OF THE MARY- LAND STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, TOWSON, MD.

Managing Editor:

ALICE L. MUNN

Business Managers: JOHN GILDEA

EARL PRICE

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DECEMBER, 1924.

MISS TALL'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE.

Behold, here is Christmas once more, the season of love, of joy, of giving and receiving, and of new resolutions!

Through the ages comes the same Dr. James F. Hosic, of Teachers' College, Columbia University, gave a most important message to the Bal- timore County Teachers' Association message repeated again and again: "A little child shall lead them." Particularly at this season of the year is life centered around the little at the Maryland State Normal School. The occasion was an all- day meeting November twenty-first, called by Supt. C. G. Cooper as a fitting climax for Education Week. Dr. Hosic, in speaking on the child. One must remember that it is through you, Students of the Maryland State Normal School, that the child life in the future is going to be interpreted more clearly and more intelligently than in the past. Course of Study for Baltimore Coun-

Christ became the greatest of all teachers. His Mother understood him as a child. You as teachers first, the necessity for a course which

must know that a child is made up of capacities, instincts, tendencies, his family inheritances, sex inherit- ances and all the forces of his en- vironment which play upon him con- tinuously to change him. Too much is school a matter of teaching lessons rather than developing children.

The Christmas season in the prac- tice school will give you a more intimate phase of child life than any other part of the year can disclose. Is he selfish about his gifts? Is he considerate of others? Is he cur- ious about his toys? Is he easily excited over pleasure? Does he share his own pleasures with others? Does he waste liis time during a hollday or is he taught to let each day find some purpose to accomplish ? Are these questions applicable even to us for our Christmastide?

May our carol singing, our Christ- mas festival and our Christmas holi- days knit faculty and students to- gether in closer bonds of friendship and understanding. I would wish for you all happiness In the coming holidays.

MARGARET BOYD,

A ONE- ROOM SCHOOL IN BALTIMORE COUNTY TAUGHT BY WM. C. HULL, CLASS OF 1923. FOUR CHILDREN ARE ABSENT.

BALTIMORE COUNTY TEACH. |tives? ERS MAKE EDUCATION WEEK MEMORABLE.

ty and curriculum making in general emphasized the following points : really is a well organized plan of work, because we require, we must have unity in essentials and freedom in non-essentials to successfully ac- complish any piece of work.

But a course of study is a dead, useless thing unless it includes teacher participation. You can't have a workable course without the help of the teaching force, for they more than any others, hold the suc- cessful execution of the curriculum in the hollow of their hands. For this reason activities are essential to put "meat" on this printed skele- ton. The teacher's conception of the manuscript makes it of the ut- most importance, or of none. The spirit and intelligence of the worker will produce just as many different courses of study in Baltimore Coun- ty as there are teachers, because it is through their interpretations that the printed words will be made to

live. These real teachers in the process of curriculum making are until actual fruition takes place.

Are they definite, definite as We dare make them? Can we make them specific by an analysis of all the subject matter which we wish to include in our course, or, are they like the case of the pup on the train which "chawed" off his tag? At a conference of the train crew all agreed that he was a fine pup, but none knew where to put him off.

Most courses of study fail to con- sider Activities for the children. Objectives deal with what children shall learn but for a second factor we must have Activities or what the children shall do in order to learn. Children should bring to supplement and vitalize the book hand experiences in order that actual first teaching may be meaningful to them. Vivify teaching through trips, pic- tures, problems. Apply geography

in actual life. How dependent are we on Mexico? What on our break- fast table this morning came from there? Here, my child, is a book about this country. So we develop interest and quicken and create a de- sire in children to read articles in magazines and collect pictures. So we make a real, live connection be- tween life experiences and, to a

child, abstractions, (books). The speaker said he heard a preacher in Yonkers deliver a sermon which well illustrates this matter of Activity. The theme of the sermon was Peace. The divine said, "If we want peace we should not talk about it and wish for it alone but go out and seek peace. If we spent as much money for securing peace as we have in the manufacture of implements of war we should have peace."

Teaching Method is a third factor

ever winnowing, gleaning, revising, to consider in making a course of

study. Two conceptions of its pur-

The factors in making a course of pose Instantly arise: Do we have study may be discussed under four method to do something to the chll-

Reporter to MISS TALL. headings: first, what are our objec- dren or with them? Is the pupil on

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THE ORIOLE

the receiving end as a receiver only, a sponge, an inarticulate, almost in- animate thing that asks no ques- tions; a thing dominated by a

teacher

who

has

the

Prussian

spirit, or

teacher and

pupils

join together as co-workers, not merely receivers, and share their experiences ? In the latter case they consider subject matter as a means to an end, not an end in itself.

Fourth, and last for our consider- ation comes Material. Let us test it by acid tests such as these before including it in the course. Is this of value to the children in school and out of school? Will it continue to be of value.

Such is the resume of Dr. Hosic's address given to the Oriole by Miss Jessop, one of our Baltimore county supervisors. Let us

as teachers, conscientiously and intelligently fol- low along the lines indicated in this speech and see if amazingly good re- sults will not follow!

HOCKEY AT M. S. N. S.

Our hockey season closes Tuesday, December S. We feel that we have had a very successful season. The tournaments in which every girl in school had a part will soon be com- pleted and we are anxiously awaiting the Junior-Senior game. So far, we have had three interesting inter- scholastic contests. The game with Eastern High School resulted in a 2-1 victory for Eastern High. The first game with Park School of Bal- timore resulted in a 2-1 victory for the Normal squad, and the second game resulted in a 1-0 victory for the same squad. We will play a second game with Eastern High December 8, 1924. The probable line-up will be:, M. Polar, R. M .; M. Considine, R. I .; C Hurt, C; E. Wolfe L. I .; H. Roberts, L. W .; G. Hilgem- burg, captain, C. H .; C. Dickey, L. H; F. Brown, R. H; M. Klein, R. F .; H. Peacock, L. F .; E. Deitz, G.

Other girls that have done their bit for hockey and helped improve our school athletics are: M. Esk- ridge, L. Griest, C. Linnel, P. Ornett, K. DeSambourg and V. Donaldson. MARY L. KLEIN, Manager.

THE LAST GAME OF SEASON -FROSTBURG AND US.

Through the corridors Friday evening were wafted the words: "Wait, wait, wait-for what? Our dinner, of course. Why? Because Frostburg soccer team is coming and none of us can eat until they get here.

Slippery roads had delayed them, but the visiting team was received and delightfully entertained by the Normal students. Friday night they slept in the Gym with us. And then Telephone Towson 505.

at ten o'clock on Saturday the teams lined up for the big game.

Our team fought because it was the last game of the season and we just couldn't lose. Frostburg strove with all its might to overcome their defeat on their home field. The teams fought up and down the field for ten minutes until Garrett passed the ball to Jimmie Thomas and he booted it through. Frostburg kick- ed off and while trying to prevent us from getting a goal, one of the Frostburg men kicked the ball out, thus giving us a corner kick. Joe Fiery kicked it and Captain Jean

Burroughs headed it through the posts for another

point. Again Frostburg led off and soon Dawes got the ball and dribbling in, near the goal, took a shot. Straight the ball went for another tally. Then the whistle blew for the first half. In the second half we had the kick-off. Coach Callowhill ran in the whole reserve team and this made the playing more even. The teams worked the ball from one end of the field to the other, neither able to score. The end of the game was nearing when Cross received the ball and took a long shot, and again it went between the uprights. It looks as if we will have a team next year, too. We all extend our hearty sym- pathy to Van Sant, who received a badly fractured leg while fighting for the Black and Gold.

EARL C. PRICE. Athletic Reporter.

M. S. N. S. BASKET BALL

SCHEDULE.

M. S. N. S .: \'s.

Hagerstown High School, Jan. 24, away.

Hagerstown High School, Jan. 16, home.

Millersville, March 14, home.

Western Maryland, January 13, away.

Davis and Elkins, February 26, home.

City College, January 30, away. Frostburg Normal, January 17, away.

Blue Ridge, February 4, away.

Potomac College, pending. Shepherdstown College, pending. Pa. State Forest School, pending. EUGENE BURROUGHS, Manager.

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WHEN AUTUMN COMES TO

NORMAL.

The autumn doys are with us now, And frost is in the air;

The trees are clothed in leaves of gold, Of red-and colors rare.

So days like these fall on the world, And we are happy here- For autumn is a lovely time, The sweetest of the year.

The leaves come down in a merry mood,

And dance a ball informal.

We see them skipping all around When autumn comes to Normal.

RUTH CREST, Jr. 1.

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THE ORIOLE

TRIALS AND TROUBLES OF SENIOR 5.

Senior 5 is somewhat like the old woman who lived in the shoe. She had so many children she didn't know what to do. We have so many troubles we don't know what to do. We started out in September without a care in the world. The first goal of our journey is reached and we feel like veteran soldiers.

We look back to the middle of the term. Yes, there was a mid- term test in history. About one week later the trouble began. What was it all about? Those little per- sonal notes some of us received from Miss Van Bibber.

Senior 5 invited Senior 2 to be their guests on a supper hike. Everything was going "grand" and the great day arrived. Alas, the rain. Even the weather man was against us. Senior 2 returned the compli- ment and entertained us at luncheon. Senior 2 certainly proved themselves to be very efficient hostesses. Was it possible that there could be a trial or trouble attached to such a delight- ful time? Yes, that too, has its sad story. The period was too short.

---

We ueared the end of the term and these are some of the state- ments our instructors fired at us: "Your term papers must be in on Friday. Girls, I want your flash cards completed by our next lesson. Your test will be tomorrow. I want to see your notebooks this morning." There were many more that sounded so horrible to us!

Our reports will tell whether we have conquered our trials and tribu- lations or they have conquered us. Nevertheless, as the new term begins we have this to say: Whether we have won or lost we are ready to play the game anew in our practice teaching with just as good, and if possible. better vim and vigor than we had in the first term.

Reporter, Sr. 5.

JUNIOR I WONDERS

What would happen if ---

Jack Stone stopped criticizing. "Moe" Appel forgot his home work. Henry Waskow flunked a test.

"Foxy" Van Sant stopped laughing. Elton Mears forgot to take the role.

Harry Bard came early.

Howard Blight stopped asking questions.

Isadore Shaverik gave no alibis. Paul Garfinkle made the soccer team.

Isadore Turk won a tennis match. Thomas Dougherty passed a test. Irish Miller quit athletics. H. BARD, Jr. I.

"GLEN ELLEN."

A Mystery In Our Midst. Hark! behold adventurers! I have a tale to tell, a romance to un- ravel, an adventure to propose, a secret to unfold.

It is nearing twilight. The blue haze of night mist rises over the soft ripples of the lake, colored afresh by a golden glow of the ris- ing moon, beaming in a broad, poorly defined pathway towards me, as ] gaze from the westward shore.

y A mile away across the water, canopied behind by a steep, wooded slope, half curtained in its hilly re- cess, rises an old structure. A tower, dimly outlined at the right proclaims its castle-like appearance, while numerous chimneys, scattered wildly about a cupola, suggest many rooms, each favored with a broad, ancient chimney place. This is my view by the uncertain light of late afternoon.

Long curions for a closer examin- ation of this deserted home, I made my way a-foot to its very doors re- cently, and as a reward found the old ruin open and easy of access through several doors and as many French windows opening on a porch. Glen Ellen is a huge stone building, two stories high and probably forty by ninety feet on the outside. Broken window panes, draped in festoons of fast disappearing wall paper, and floors strewn with frag- ments of plaster and 1 frieze-work make the old mansion appear to be lingering between decay and com- plete ruin.

The most interesting original grandeur I found in the music room, tower and cellars. The former is a miniature rotunda,

beneath the cupola, perhaps twenty feet across, extending in a graceful arch through the second floor to the very top of the house, the second floor boasting its balcony railing

around our "round table" room. The upper part of the arch is decorated with flowers a foot in in diameter skill- fully done in plaster.

The tower mentioned consists of YORK ROAD, Near Chesapeake Avenue a superstructure of wood which rises above the house roof TOWSON, MD. proper. It

rises to an open observatory with a number of niche-like seats, welcome to the climher, tired from his tor- turous ascent of winding stairs.

Beneath the ground leved at tlie tower's base of heavy stone work is

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a dungeon-like cellar so black you can fairly feel the darkness. In other parts of the house narrow slot-like staircases lead to two other such cellars from which modern followers of Volstead may catch suspicious odors, if one's imagination will sup- ply the missing liquors. This, in brief, is my close-up of the palace of by-gone days.

Of its history I know little, but these are hearsay facts: "Glen Ellen was built about a hundred years ago by a Spanish Nobleman, in replica of his European estate. It was then easily accessible by an entrance now flooded. The gate is at present a mile from a public road.

Leave the center of Towson, afoot or by motor; take the East Joppa Road, right turn at Hotel; thence to Towson Heights. Take left turn marked Loch Raven and continue to foot of hill. Travelling thus for three miles brings you to Providence. In this village find the deserted school building and again turn left on private road at this point. This woods road is passable in dry wea- ther for cars, but is steep and rough. One mile of winding descent brings you to the "castle" I have described./

Within a stone's throw of civiliz- ation, yet spelling desolation! Bor- dering on modern life and luxury, yet evincing age and decay! Re- sembling a tottering wreck, yet brimming with romanticism! That is "Glen Ellen."

MAXWELL R. SACRA.

Class of 1923.

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and

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Cigars, Candy Soda

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Headquarters for School Supplies Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pens Eversharp and Ingersoll Pencils Stationery, Kodaks, Films Spalding's Sporting Goods Sweaters and Keds

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A SONG OF THE RURAL CLUB. tea was served by the Home Eco- in nearly all the States is in sub-

Oh! It's ho! for fun and joy, lads, When you pack your kits and go To the open fields and farms, lads, Where the corn and 'taters grow.

The rural lads and lassies Have found that this is true; So all these lads and lassies Had fun from the things they knew.

They took the bus and journeyed Way out past Towson town; T: en camped upon a golden farm

Where the leaves and corn were and many attractive books put on brown. the list.

They played games by the moonlight Then danced out on the lawn. Ths frolic was not over Until the break of dawn.

The host of all was the husking bee When each lad, friends, took a kiss

For every red ear that he found From the lips of every miss.

T'on its ho! for fun and joy lads, When you take your kits and go To the open fields and farms, lads Where the corn and 'taters grow GRACE JONES.

ONE WEEK IN BOOKLAND.

Who would have recognized Room 223 from November 7 to November 15? It was transformed from . a large, empty, bare-looking room to a Fairyland of Books. Artistic posters on the outside of the door invited visitors to enter and explore the unknown and mysterious reg- ions. A map of Fairyland hung just inside the door. next to a rections one started on a journey of glorious discovery.

T e first stopping place was a large table with piles of books from the Children's Book Shop heaped upon it. Next the exhibits from Brentano's, MacMillan, Stewart's and Hutzler's were

visited. The

sunny bay window was Mother Goose's corner, contributed by Du- lany-Vernay. Hochschild's Book

new and old, came next. Warner, Rand McNally and the thought about it and believe I am Children's Book Shop, of New York, able to answer the question.

and Burns' Shop on Charles street, added a Fost

of other delightful policy in public education. So far books to the exhibit.

English history, a model of the its system of education. Each State has generally adopted a platform on Then shall cheerful greet the labouring hours,

This platform is found in the Constitution of the various

The walls were hung with pic- States and it expresses with more or tures and stenciled silks from the less elaboration the

which the State exacts in public

education.

The provision in the Constitution

ture shall provide a system of free common schools wherein all the children of the States may be edu- cated. There we indirectly find the we have Rural Practice?

The discount on the books which were sold and the tea profits after the expenses of the exhibit were paid'answer to the question-Why should were used to purchase hooks for the; Elementary School Library. There are certain factors which

children' enter into an efficient school:

1. The time for which school is maintained. 2. The school buildings and

equipment.

3. The course of study.

4. The teacher.

The part of the problem-"to make an efficient school system" that falls to the Normal School The honored guests for the exhibit is, the vere Miss Lizette Woodworth Reese, training of the teacher.

who read some of her poetry; Mrs. ; During the past, little attention Kinsolving, who read her poems and has been given the training of teach-

ers who in turn train the boys and girls of the Rural Schools. You poke to us on poetry for children, nd Professor Litz, who read Father

ab's poems and told about this in- , ill all agree there is no other insti- resting poet of our own section of tution in America which has made Maryland. so 1 ttle progress in the last century

Miss Emma Sutherland, one of the as the rural school.

No longer does America desire to tolerate such a condition. The

students, entertained the little tots vith nursery rhymes in song. The hearty appreciation of the States are now attempting to meet their obligations to childhood, and comply with the plain demands school and of the many visitors was voiced on all sides. and the exhibit was considered a great success by which have been determined to be the American policy of education.

With this policy of equality in most education we have the rural school demanding a teacher with as high standards as the teacher of the urban schools. These teachers must be

Junior 3 and Junior 8 were the classes which participated ictively, but the enthusiastic coop- cration of the whole school was given to the project under the sup- ervision and direction of Miss Alta, trained through practice and the | study of the proper subject matter

One criticism was offered of the so that teachers of large vision, and exhibit and that was that it should with an adequate outlook on life will have been much, much longer. One go into the Rural Schools to train journey through Fairyland revealed and develop good American citizens many secrets and discoveries, hut from the 11,000,000 children who we would all like to go more often are in attendance.

and explore the charming Land of

JOHN GILDEA.

VAN DYKE ON WORK.

DOROTHY SCHROEDER, Jr. 3 Let me hut do my work from day to day,

In field or forest, at the desk or loom,

In roaring market-place or tranquil room,

Let me but find it in my heart to say,

"This is my work; my blessing, not my doom; the one by whom

This work can best be done in the right way."

Then shall I see it not too great nor small,

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Oriole and Tower-Light, 1922-1927, Part 67

Author: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.) Publication date: 1922-1927 Publisher: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.) Number of Pages: 1024

Author: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.)
Publication date: 1922-1927
Publisher: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.)
Number of Pages: 1024